MUSCARI, LILY OF THE VALLEY, DIELYTRA, SPIRvEA, AND HEPATICA. 19 
MUSCARI. 
M. botryoides, the Grape Hyacinth, has a neat dwarf compact growth, with flower spikes of dark blue, clea 
pearl-blue, and pure white. It is an admirable plant for edgings to permanent beds, and beautiful under glass 
6 bulbs in a pot. M. racemosum, the Starch Hyacinth, flowers with M. botryoides, but differs in having 
recumbent and more ample foliage, and larger flower spike. M. moschatum, the Musk Hyacinth, has ineffective, 
but delightfully fragrant, flowers, for which it is valued for pot culture. M. plumosum monstrosum, the 
plume-like appearance of its handsome flowers has secured to it the name Feathered Hyacinth ; it is the last in 
this section to flower, and deserves a prominent place in every flower border. The Muscari, like the Wood 
Hyacinth, is a fine plant for naturalization, continuing long in bloom, and not particular as to soil or situation. 
per 100. per doz. per ioo. perdox. 
750 Botryoides coeruleum, dark blue ... 
761 „ album, white 
752 „ pallidum, pearl-blue ... 
753 Atlanticum, sky-blue, large and 
beautiful 
751 Armenlacum, ullramartne - blue, 
very beautiful 
765 Ileildrechl, sky-blue, very early- 
dowering dwarf species 
s. d. 
5 6 „ 
». d. 
.1 o 
•3 6 
•3 6 
...5 6 
...7 6 
remarkably 
$. d. s. d 
...2 
-5 
6... 1 
75 S Commutatum, blue, < 
neat dwarf species ... 
757 Moschatum, fragrant 
758 Plumosum monstrosum, putpie ... io 
759 Racemosum, very dark blue, dwarf 
and effective in beds 
760 Szovitzianum, rich ultramarine- 
blue , large, flower spike 
761 Fine mixed, for woodland walks and 
wild gardens, per 1000, 40/; per 100, 5/6... 1 
5 6... 1 
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LILY OF THE VALLEY (Convallayia majalis). 
The clumps of Lily of the Valley we quote have been specially prepared, and cannot fail to give abundance 
of flowers. In potting, the top of the crowns should be one inch below the rim of the pot ; tight potting is of 
great importance, and care should be taken, in the first watering, that the moisture penetrates to the centre 
of the clump. The Berlin prepared crowns are now extensively used by the growers for Covent Garden Market, 
who put 20 to 30 crowns in a 5-inch pot ; the prepared clumps offered we think are preferable to crowns for 
private growers. The supply of first class clumps being limited, orders should be booked early, for dispatch early 
in November. As a novelty, we offer clumps of the Rose and of the double-flowered Lily of the Valley. The 
rose-coloured variety should remain out of doors till in flower, as it fades to almost white when forced. 
Culture. — A moist atmosphere and abundance of water is indispensable to success in forcing Lily of the 
Valley ; therefore, to encourage simultaneously the development of flower and foliage, most growers piace the 
pots in a shady damp part of the house, or insert a flowerpot over the crowns, till the flower and the foliage 
have made some progress, then they are removed to a less shady situation. If they are grown in a dry atmos- 
phere, or get an insufficient supply of moisture, the crowns, technically speaking, “ go blind." 
762 Fine clumps per doz. 12 s. 6 d. 
763 Extra strong selected clumps ,, 15L 
764 Strong Crowns, for potting, per 100, 8r. ; 
per bundle of 25, as. 6d. 
765 Second Size Crowns, for planting out, per 
100, 5*. 6 d . ; per 1000, 40.1. 
766 Crowns, rose-coloured per doz., 3 s. 6d. 
o 4 
each— a. 
767 Clumps, rose-coloured 2 
768 Crowns, double-flowered, per doz., 31.61/. o 
769 Clumps, double-flowered 2 
770 Variegated foliage, crowns, per doz., 51.61/. o 
771 Variegated foliage, in pots, each ii. 61 i. & 2 
772 Argentea marglnata, crowns, 
per doz., ioj. 6 d . 1 
DIELYTRA ( Lyre Flower). 
This is the most elegant of all forced plants for table decoration and to cut for furnishing vases, or for 
conservatory decoration. The graceful pendant branches are loaded with beautiful red heart-shaped flowers; 
these, combined with the delicate green of the foliage, gives to it a conspicuous place amongst plants. Out of 
doors in summer, amongst shrubs or herbaceous plants, no flower is more attractive. 
each— 8. d. each— s. d. 
773 Spectabllis, per doz.,5/6, 7/6&io/6;6rf.,9«/.& 1 o | 774 SpectablUs alba, white, 2 ft 2 6 
775 Spectabilis fol. aureo-variegatis, 2 ft per doz., 7s. 6d. ; each, 9 d. 
SPIRiEA ( The Meadow Sweet of Japan), 
The large graceful feathery pure white fragrant flowers of Spiraea japonica surpasses all else in this way. 
In forcing, a moist atmosphere and abundance of water is necessary. Spiraea palmata has bright red feathery 
flower spikes, which are strikingly beautiful. Spiraea japonica fol. aureo-reticulatis is a unique plant, forces 
the same as S. japonica, and is remarkable for the fine yellow veining or reticulation of the leaves. The Spiraeas 
are exceedingly decorative plants for the conservatory, and the cut flowers are prized for furnishing vases. 
In sheltered moist borders out of doors these plants are very decorative. 
Culture under glass is the same as recommended for Lily of the Valley. 
each — s. d. 
strong clumps, specially pre- 
776 Japonica, _ _ . . 
pared for forcing per doz., 7 s. 6d., o 9 
777 Japonica fol. aureo-reticulatis, leaves 
reticulated yellow and green, yzi &oz. 7/6, o 9 
each— s. 
778 Japonica fol. aureo-reticulatis, leaves 
reticulated yellow and green, prepared 
clumps per doz. 10/6 1 
779 Palmata, red, per doz,... 7/6 & 10/6 ; gd & 1 
HEPATICA. 
These charming Spring flowers have been favourites in English gardens from time immemorial. In our 
garden of hardy plants we have a series of beds of Hepaticas, a sheet of blossom during the spring months — red, 
pink, blue, purple, and white. Established masses or clumps we recommend, as they are decorative at once. 
Of strong clumps we have single blue, single red, and double red ; the other Hepaticas we can only offer plants of. 
The strong clumps of single blue, single red, and double red are charming winter-flowering plants under glass. 
each — s. d. 
780 Single blue, plants, per doz., 3/6, 5/6, & 7/6 
781 ,, ,, clumps each, 1/6, 2/6, & 3 
782 Double blue, plants ... each, 2 
783 ,, red, plants, per doz., 3/6, 5/6, & 7/6 o 
784 ,, ,, clumps each, 1/6, 2/6, & 3 
786 Single red, plants, per doz. , 3/6, 5/6, & 7/6 o 
Ring Street, Covent Garden, 1884. | 
786 Single red, clumps 1/6, 2/6, & 
787 ,, mauve, plants per doz., 7/6; 
788 „ white, plants 7/6 ; 
789 ,, purple, plants 10/6; 
790 Angulosa, rich blue, large fawers, plants 
per doz., 7/6 & 10/6 ; 9 d. & 
